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Early Apple CarPlay Reviews Cite Ease of Use, Excellent Siri Voice Integration
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What I want is a special in-dash horizontal dock for my iPhone 6 Plus. When docked, the dock will communicate to the iPhone 6 Plus to switch into CarPlay mode with larger buttons, Hey Siri turned on, etc. That would be amazing. Please make it happen Apple!
Anyone know what really distinguishes the AppRadio 4 model from the rest of the line? If all you want is CarPlay, is there any reason to buy the more expensive models?
I have an AppRadio 3 which isn't compatible because it isn't expensive enough for Pioneer to care. Not sure if I'll upgrade to the AppRadio 4 with it's smaller screen.
Guys, I have the 6000NEX and installed the update. You can play and control other music apps that are not supported. I can play, pause, FF and Rew in the SiriusXM app, Audible, and Amazon app. It even displays the album art or a logo behind the controls.
Gave it several tries, still don't like it. The fact that you can't simply drag the map around while in-route is a huge no go for me, apple map also limit how much you can zoom-out while in-route. Actually you can't really zoom out at all. I don't get their logic behind this.
Microsoft has a missed opportunity here. I have a car with Sync, and a Windows Phone. I can use the Sync's voice control with a button on the steering wheel, and it's decent, but I could do so much more if that button activated Cortana (which is excellent) on the phone. But the connection they share is just regular Bluetooth, so I can't use voice to say "Play some Hot Water Music" because the standard BT audio profile only has basic controls. Let alone being able to use the steering wheel button to ask Cortana all the typical things, instead of controlling just car functions.
You can find a car specific wiring harnest at Frys or ebay.
It takes the factory plug and converts it to flying leads.
That's misleading. Best Buy still installs car stereos as well as many other locally owned stereo shops.
You can purchase an adapter at BB, Walmart, Crutchfield, Amazon or any number of other places and do it yourself without tearing into the factory wiring. It's very easy to do even for a novice.
Soldering and heatshrink tubing are preferred but not necessary. Butt connectors and good electrical tape will do just fine.
Install DR has a lot of information including how-to's.
CarPlay is simply an extension of iOS, of course it requires data from your iPhone (not just any cell phone). If using Siri and Apple Maps doesn't currently meet your needs, CarPlay won't improve that. It's meant to make it safer for people who DO use these features while driving. What do you do now when you get lost and you need navigation where there is no cell service?
You are correct. My Kenwood unit uses Garmin for GPS so I know I wont get lost. Using Carplay's map, you rely strictly on your cell signal to deliver that. I am thinking of holding off until another vendor see's areas of improvement.
I don't have the hate for Apple Maps that everyone else does, but I still prefer the hell out of Waze.
At least Apple Maps is now literally being updated every single day with corrections, I find Apple Maps to be pretty solid for me
I hope their is a firmware release for vehicles that will enable them to use CarPlay. Although, I doubt it will happen bc they want you to buy after market radios and newer cars.
I like the idea that people are suggesting having the iPhone go into "CarPlay Mode". No need to request Apple to make that I don't think. I'm sure someone can develop an app that could. Hmm?
I like the idea that people are suggesting having the iPhone go into "CarPlay Mode". No need to request Apple to make that I don't think. I'm sure someone can develop an app that could. Hmm?
The NEX models have build in navagation, CD/DVD slot, HD-Radio along other things. If you just use media off your phone that model is just fine
I won't be an early adopter but i WILL add CarPlay to my car. Can't wait!
And for the record, long testing has shown Apple Maps to be more accurate than Google in my medium-large US city. I have needed the Google maps app at most 3 times since Apple Maps came out... And two of those times, Google's errors were worse than Apple's so I may as well not have bothered! None of those times when I found an Apple error were in the last year.
People believe what they're told: Google Maps always had tons of errors and we shrugged them off. But with an Apple logo, the tech press has alerted us to pay attention. It's called confirmation bias.
I stil use Google for transit--but I do the search in Apple Maps. It hands the search off to Google very nicely for transit.
You probably know, but tap Overview and you can pan/zoom at will during navigation. I rarely want to monkey like that while driving, but when I do: problem solved.
And for the record, long testing has shown Apple Maps to be more accurate than Google in my medium-large US city. I have needed the Google maps app at most 3 times since Apple Maps came out... And two of those times, Google's errors were worse than Apple's so I may as well not have bothered! None of those times when I found an Apple error were in the last year.
People believe what they're told: Google Maps always had tons of errors and we shrugged them off. But with an Apple logo, the tech press has alerted us to pay attention. It's called confirmation bias.
I stil use Google for transit--but I do the search in Apple Maps. It hands the search off to Google very nicely for transit.
You probably know, but tap Overview and you can pan/zoom at will during navigation. I rarely want to monkey like that while driving, but when I do: problem solved.
I was looking at a new Acura TLX two days ago. I already know that all TLXs have Siri Eyes Free. When I asked the dealer about it (specifically, where the Siri Eyes Free button was), they had no clue what I was talking about. Who would trust a dealer to give you a good answer about upgradeability to CarPlay?
Does anyone have a good reference to new cars and CarPlay availability? I've been searching off and on over the past couple of months, and haven't found anything yet.
